This continuing momentum signals a strong acceptance of Baan Company as a key provider of ERP solutions for the aerospace and defense industries and as a market leader in this rapidly expanding marketplace. In recent months, more than 15 global leaders in aerospace and defense have implemented Baan Company`s ERP software with A&D extensions, and over 30 companies are using Baan ERP in aerospace and defense worldwide.
Baan Company is dedicated to providing enterprise solutions that help customers in aerospace and defense and other industries streamline and integrate all the key enterprise-wide processes including product manufacturing and delivery, sales, engineering, project management, procurement, manufacturing, quality control, contract management, finance, logistics and distribution. Baan Company has received significant orders from global companies including GKN Westland Aerospace Transmissions, British Aerospace Military Aircraft and Aerostructures, Dassault Electronique, and Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace.
"Baan ERP software with A&D Extensions delivers a single commercial ERP software solution that addresses the complexity of the defense industry while ensuring the flexibility and cost-effectiveness needed to compete in the commercial and defense market," said John Wilkerson, global vice president and general manager, Baan Aerospace & Defense. "The result is end-to-end support of both defense and commercial business processes.
Customers can respond more quickly to their changing needs by effectively using real-time information throughout the value chain." GKN Westland Aerospace Transmissions Michael Askew, director and general manager, GKN Westland Aerospace Transmissions, explains the reason for selecting Baan Company software: "We chose Baan Company for its excellent implementation methodology. Baan Company makes it easier than most suppliers to manage and control a project like ours. The implementation of Baan Company applications is fast and flexible where other ERP systems are unwieldy. In addition, with Baan, we can quickly upgrade our system with the latest Baan Company business software without disrupting operations."
"Secondly, our ability to estimate the success of the project was very important. By taking a package which was already proven we minimized the risk of failure. Third, having seen the features of the Baan Company software we are convinced that this system will become the industry-standard ERP system," Askew concluded. British Aerospace Military Aircraft and Aerostructures British Aerospace Military Aircraft and Aerostructures (BAe MA&A) is replacing more than 200 legacy computer systems with Baan ERP to provide an integrated solution supporting 5,000 users at its seven sites. According to Ross Bradley, project director, Operational Efficiency Improvement Program, BAe MA&A: "We expect that Baan ERP with A&D Extensions will help transform our current business practices and give us the flexibility to define and support future requirements to meet ever increasing competition within the aerospace sector. We anticipate that the new business processes and IT system will have a dramatic impact on our production efficiency, allowing our customers to see benefits in faster production cycles and reduced operational costs."
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Dassault Electronique
Dassault Electronique, one of Europe`s leading defense electronics companies, chose Baan Company with A&D Extensions over SAP and Oracle to automate over 1,000 users. Baan Company will link its software with ENOVIA PM Product Data Management software to control the company`s manufacturing and purchasing process. Dassault Electronique expects this will provide it with seamless data integration and an intuitive graphical user interface and enable it to take advantage of industry best practices. Marc Fornari, program manager, explains why Dassault Electronique chose Baan Company: "The people at Baan Company had a very good understanding of our business and that was reflected in the fact that the Baan Company approach was best suited to our project and contract management requirements in the defense sector. We were also very impressed by the ability of Baan Company Dynamic Enterprise Modeling (BaanDEM) to integrate our business processes. Baan Company enables us to manage our manufacturing and purchasing activities from a unique management program and maintains the integrity of our data."
Kongsberg Defense and Aerospace
Arne Olsen, project leader, Kongsberg Defense and Aerospace, explains why Baan Company was chosen: "No other system had specific aerospace and defense functionality. Our needs are very different from traditional corporations because, for example, our customers are the military and national governments. Our basic requirement was to have a fast implementation that would provide basic functionality immediately and enable us to improve and expand the system easily. Using Baan Company Dynamic Enterprise Modeling (DEM) we have implemented the system in nine months-much quicker than any of the competition. DEM also makes it very easy for us to build on the system and develop it according to our business needs."
About Baan SA
The Baan Company is a leading vendor of enterprise-wide and cross-enterprise standard business administration software. The architecture of the Baan software permits rapid introduction and continuous adjustment, thus supporting the management of corporate processes, particularly in the auto, aviation, electrical and electronics industries, process-based and project-oriented companies. The Baan Company has an installed base of 4000, involving some 2 400 customers in more than 59 countries, and employs more than 3 500 workers. The company was founded in 1978, and is headquartered in Putten, Netherlands and Menlo Park, California. The company`s shares are quoted at NASDAQ (BAANF) and the stock markets of Amsterdam and Frankfurt (WPKN 895467).
Baan has been represented in South Africa since 1989 by the Q Data group company QMCS. In 1995 Baan took over the company from Q Data and a wholly owned subsidiary Baan South Africa was formed. Its client base consists of more than 60 leading organisations countrywide.
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